RNA测序档案显示,精子生成逐渐减少,在成年人中逐渐进展到密码化
Weihao Sun1, Xinhui Zhang1, Lei Wang1
1Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Frontiers in endocrinology
|November 29, 2023
概括
在没有下降的丸 (cryptorchidism) 的男性中,生育能力随着年龄的增长而下降. 这项研究揭示了与年龄相关的组织学变化,并确定了参与精子发育的关键下调基因,为不孕机制提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 安德罗学与人类学
- 生殖医学 生殖医学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 密码症,或未下降的丸,与生育能力的降低有关.
- 这些患者的生育能力随着年龄的增长而逐渐下降,特别是在成年期.
- 在密码症中与年龄相关的生育能力下降背后的分子机制仍然不完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 为了阐明成年cryptorchid丸随着时间的推移 (20-40年) 的组织学变化.
- 为了确定导致老化密症患者生育能力丧失的潜在分子机制.
- 为了精确地确定与精子生成相关的关键基因,在成年人中减少了密码化.
主要方法:
- 从密封症患者和对照者的丸组织的组织学分析 (HE染色) 和免疫光学分析.
- RNA测序用于识别正常丸和密码丸之间的差异表达基因 (DEG).
- 生物信息分析包括GSEA,KEGG,GO和PPI网络分析,以了解基因功能和通路. 关键基因的qPCR验证.
主要成果:
- 显著的丸缩,减少了精子生成细胞,并增加了间歇性纤维组织,并观察到延长了密码化持续时间.
- 已发现1150个DEG;1089个显著下调,主要与精子发育,分化和受精有关.
- 介质形成的途径显著下调. 已经发现了七个关键的下调的枢纽基因 (PLCZ1,AKAP4,IZUMO1,SPAG6,CAPZA3,ROPN1L).
结论:
- 衰老密码症的特点是特定的组织学变化和对精子生成至关重要的基因的广泛下调.
- 已发现的下调基因 (PLCZ1,AKAP4,IZUMO1,SPAG6,CAPZA3,ROPN1L) 与与年龄相关的生育能力下降有关.
- 这项研究增强了对成年密码体的分子机制的理解,支持了潜在的治疗发展.
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